Resume Review Program
The Student Resume Review is an annual scholarship event hosted by BMA as part of their commitment to give back to the community. This event provides college students from around the Denver Metro area an opportunity to participate in live, mock-interviews and have their resumes reviewed by marketing professionals. The students not only receive candid feedback on their resume and interviewing skills, but also have the opportunity to compete for scholarship money and interview for real internships or entry level positions.
This year's Student Resume Review was held on Saturday, April 10, 2010 from 9 am to 4 pm at University of Denver School of Hotel, Restaurant, and Tourism Management.
Contact 2010 BMA Student Chair, Christina Southern-Ewoldt (303-527-5174).
The 2009 Competition:
On April 8, 2009, we had 11 talented students participate in the scholarship event from 6 different Universities (CU Boulder, CSU, DU, Regis, UCD, and UNC). Each student was interviewed by 3 teams of 2 judges each, all of whom had open internship or entry level positions the students were competing for. Each interview was a 7-minute micro-interview, which allowed the student to practice making the best, first-impression. When the students were not in their interviews, they met in small round-table teams to have their resumes critiqued and discuss various interviewing and resume topics with other professionals.
And The 2009 Scholarship Recipients Are....
The 2009 scholarship recipients were Megan Praska from UNC (1st Place), Christy Schindler from CSU (2nd place), and Steve Ward from UNC (3rd Place).
We had many amazing volunteers and sponsors who contributed time and money to make this such a successful event. The round table leaders comprised of Christelle Newkirk, Lauri Harrison, Josh Levy, CBC, Mark Kulaga, and Christine Cook. The interviewers included Kelly Hall, Emily Fasut, Deb Merrick, Marc Miller, Resa Furey, and Shay Gallagher.
There were also cash sponsors who made funding this event possible. Our student sponsors paid the entry fee for each student. Sponsors included: Fieldwork Denver, Corona Research, CORE Insights, Voice Productions International, Marketing Research Association, Ripcord, National Cattleman’s Beef Association., Public Opinion Strategies, Taylor, Taber & Drezen, Praxi Group, INGATHER RESEARCH, and Flying Coyotes.
In addition, the threeAward Money Sponsors included our 1st Place sponsor, Blue Sky Strategies, 2nd Place sponsor, AOR, Inc., and our 3rd place sponsor, INGATHER RESEARCH.
BMA would like to thank all of our amazing volunteers and sponsors who made this event a success and congratulate the student winners!Photo courtesy of Ken Custer, Advertising & Marketing Review